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Black&Callow, a European financial print and communications company, and Intralinks, a global financial technology provider for the global banking, deal making and capital markets communities, have formed a strategic alliance to provide end-to-end solutions for Capital Markets fundraisings and related transactions.
Black&Callow is the No1 ranked financial printer for UK Main Market and Euronext IPOs and other fundraisings, and provides digital solutions for IPO investor communications. As pioneers of the virtual data room, Intralinks enables and secures the flow of information facilitating strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and investor reporting.
“The solidification of our relationship with
Thirty five per cent of private equity managers are now committing 3 per cent or above in capital to their funds, above the equivalent proportion in each of the three prior years, according to research carried out by MJ Hudson.
Alignment, part II of MJ Hudson’s Private Equity Fund Terms Research (5th Edition), reveals that a further significant proportion of GPs are committing between 2 per cent and 2.99 per cent of total commitments to the fund, while 29 per cent of the funds surveyed have a GP commitment in this range.
Alignment”examines the key terms that impact upon the alignment
Kare Plus National Limited has received a GBP910,000 loan from MEIF Maven WM Debt Finance, part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
Kare Plus delivers care and support services through residential establishments including large private hospitals, local councils and to private clients within their own homes, providing them with medical and care services. The funding package will allow the firm to expand its network of care facilities across the Midlands and also bolster its homecare services. It is also expected to create 20 new jobs.
The rapid growth of the ageing demographic in the UK is projected to be
Gide has appointed Caroline Lan and Jean-François Louit as partners in the firm’s M&A practice.
Lan and Louit are experienced in the structuring and implementation of management packages, incentive plans and employee shareholder plans related to IPOs and private equity operations, and more generally on matters of governance and executive compensation.
They have advised management on major transactions involving listed and non-listed companies, such as: the merger of Idemia and Morpho; the acquisition of IPH by Advent; the takeovers of Primonial by Bridgepoint, of April by CVC and of Harvest by Five Arrows; CDPQ’s investment in Delachaux; and the spin-off
Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and small cap private equity investment manager, has launched its fifth regional private equity fund, which will focus on companies in the thriving SME sector in the East of England.
Cornerstoned by the Cambridgeshire Pension Fund, the Fund will target long term value growth for investors and provide a permanent pool of capital to fund businesses in the region and beyond. The Fund breaks new ground as an evergreen pool of patient capital targeted at the small company private equity sector in the UK.
The Fund will typically invest up to GBP5 million into
DC Advisory (DC) has expanded its international presence, with the opening of DC Advisory Italy, led by newly appointed CEO, Alberto Vigo.
Vigo has been hired to spearhead the Milan-based office, bringing with him over 20 years’ experience in Italian M&A, most recently at Mediobanca leading deals such as the disposal of Yoox to Richemont, the disposal of Laminam to Alpha and the disposal of LF to Riverside.
The new DC Advisory, Italy, will further connect DC’s international sector teams and relationships with the Italian mid-market, whilst being a major springboard to build on DC’s recent successful transactions in the region,
Arctic Shores, a Manchester-based psychometric assessment provider, has secured a USD5.5 million Series A investment to accelerate its international expansion.
Beringea, the transatlantic venture capital investor, led the transaction with participation from existing shareholders including Candy Ventures.
Arctic Shores was founded in Manchester by Robert Newry and Safe Hammad, two serial entrepreneurs with substantial experience building technology businesses. The business provides a platform for psychometric assessments based on artificial intelligence and neuroscience – the science of which was developed and led by Lara Montefiori, Chief Scientist at Arctic Shores and an academic at University College London.
Since foundation,
Alternative asset manager Gresham House has appointed Richard Staveley as Managing Director in its Strategic Public Equity team, effective immediately.
With over two decades of fund management experience, Staveley joins Gresham House from Majedie Asset Management, where he spent six years running small companies’ investments within the Group’s flagship UK equity offering.
Prior to this, he was a Founding Partner of River and Mercantile Asset Management, responsible for the top quartile-performing UK Small Company and UK Income Funds and helped to grow assets under management to over GBP2 billion. He has also served as Head of UK Small Companies
Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, and T&D Insurance Group, a major Japanese insurance company, have agreed to enter into a business and capital alliance.
T&D Insurance Group is one of the largest life insurance groups in Japan in terms of market shares and operates three life insurance companies each deploying a unique business model with distinct target markets, sales channels and products. T&D Insurance Group also operates an asset management subsidiary, T&D Asset Management, focused on investment trust and investment advisory activities.
This agreement enables Tikehau Capital to enhance its presence in Japan, following the opening
Alternative investment marketplace iCapital Network has added of four senior leaders to is executive team: Michael Kushner, Chief Financial Officer; Jennifer Ashley, Chief People Officer; Diane Frankenfield, Chief Marketing Officer; and Stephen Jacobs, General Counsel.
iCapital, which offers advisors and their clients’ access to a curated menu of private equity and hedge funds. has experienced substantial growth in the last 12 months as it has significantly increased the number of advisors on its network, and expanded the scope of wealth management firms and general partners that leverage its technology to drive their growth. Alongside organic expansion, iCapital acquired the alternative investment
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